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Vagus Nerve Stimulation Erases PTSD: Study

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Re: Vagus Nerve Stimulation Erases PTSD: Study

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Just 9 patients. :-(

It is quite normal to start with small groups for economic reasons. If the first results look promising, you can scale up. If they are a wash, you haven't spent too much money on chasing yet another placebo.

Also an opportunity to further design or evolve the study.

Re: Vagus Nerve Stimulation Erases PTSD: Study

#17
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Just 9 patients. :-(

It is quite normal to start with small groups for economic reasons. If the first results look promising, you can scale up. If they are a wash, you haven't spent too much money on chasing yet another placebo.

Not just economic (although it definitely ties into it) -- finding an eligible patient population also another complicating dimension.

Re: Vagus Nerve Stimulation Erases PTSD: Study

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My friend’s startup is doing great stuff in this space to make a VNS device for consumers. https://zenbud.health/

Do these work the same as the professional/medical ones? A friend of mine had one during a study, and she claimed it worked by electrostimulation (small electric shocks), not ultrasonic waves? She wanted to buy one of those devices because they really helped her but the cost was upwards of 1500€, this would probably be within range for her, assuming it works the same way?

text says "implanted device", which is going to put in by a neuro surgeon

Re: Vagus Nerve Stimulation Erases PTSD: Study

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do these work the same as the professional/medical ones? A friend of mine had one during a study, and she claimed it worked by electrostimulation (small electric shocks), not ultrasonic waves? She wanted to buy one of those devices because they really helped her but the cost was upwards of 1500€, this would probably be within range for her, assuming it works the same way?

text says "implanted device", which is going to put in by a neuro surgeon

I wasn't talking about the article, I was replying to a comment about the zenbuds
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